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¹ The title of the thre and seuentithe salm. The lernyng of Asaph. God, whi hast thou put awei in to the ende; thi strong veniaunce is wrooth on the scheep of thi leesewe?² Be thou myndeful of thi gadering togidere; which thou haddist in possessioun fro the bigynnyng. Thou ayenbouytist the yerde of thin eritage; the hille of Syon in which thou dwellidist ther ynne.³ Reise thin hondis in to the prides of hem; hou grete thingis the enemy dide wickidli in the hooli.⁴ And thei that hatiden thee; hadden glorie in the myddis of thi solempnete.⁵ Thei settiden her signes, `ethir baneris, signes on the hiyeste, as in the outgoing; and thei knewen not.<sup>6</sup> As in a wode of trees thei heweden doun with axis the yatis therof in to it silf; thei castiden doun it with an ax, and a brood fallinge ax.<sup>7</sup> Thei brenten with fier thi seyntuarie; thei defouliden the tabernacle of thi name in erthe.<sup>8</sup> The kynrede of hem seiden togidere in her herte; Make we alle the feest daies of God to ceesse fro the erthe.<sup>9</sup> We han not seyn oure signes, now `no profete is; and he schal no more knowe vs.¹⁰ God, hou long schal the enemye seie dispit? the aduersarie territh to ire thi name in to the ende.¹¹ Whi turnest thou awei thin hoond, and `to drawe out thi riythond fro the myddis of thi bosum, til in to the ende?

¹² Forsothe God oure kyng bifore worldis; wrouyte heelthe in the mydis of erthe.¹³ Thou madist sad the see bi thi vertu; thou hast troblid the heedis of dragouns in watris.¹⁴ Thou hast broke the heedis of `the dragoun; thou hast youe hym to mete to the puplis of Ethiopiens.¹⁵ Thou hast broke wellis, and strondis; thou madist drie the flodis of Ethan.¹⁶ The dai is thin, and the niyt is thin; thou madist the moreutid and the sunne.¹⁷ Thou madist alle the endis of erthe; somer and veer tyme, thou fourmedist tho.

¹⁸ Be thou myndeful of this thing, the enemye hath seid schenschip to the Lord; and the vnwijs puple hath excitid to ire thi name.¹⁹ Bitake thou not to beestis men knoulechenge to thee; and foryete thou not in to the ende the soulis of thi pore men.²⁰ Biholde in to thi testament; for thei that ben maad derk of erthe, ben fillid with the housis of wickidnessis.²¹ A meke man be not turned awei maad aschamed; a pore man and nedi schulen herie thi name.²² God, rise vp, deme thou thi cause; be thou myndeful of thin vpbreidyngis, of tho that ben al dai of the vnwise man.²³ Foryete thou not the voices of thin enemyes; the pride of hem that haten thee, stieth euere.